Philosophy
By: Simon Blackburn
Series: The big questions; Big questions
Publisher: Metro Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781435111325
Subjects: Philosophy; Introductions
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: London : Quercus, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Am I a ghost in a machine? : The search for consciousness; title: What is human nature? : The problem of interpretation; title: Am I free? : Choices and responsibility; title: What do we know? : Virtual realities and valuable authorities; title: Are we rational animals? : Reason in theory and practice; title: How can I lie to myself? : Self-deception, seduction and motivation; title: Is there such a thing as society? : The individual and the group; title: Can we understand each other? : Treating words carefully; title: Can machines think? : Artificial intelligence and cognitive powers; title: Why be good? : Annoying behaviour and annoying questions; title: Is it all relative? : Problems of toleration, truth and confidence; title: Does time go by? : The strange river of time; title: Why do things keep on keeping on? : Problems of constancy and chaos; title: Why is there something and not nothing? : The strange ways of being; title: What fills up space? : The curious nature of things and their properties; title: What is beauty? : The fatal attraction of things; title: Do we need god? : Hope, consolation and judgement; title: What is it all for? : The pursuit of the meaning of life; title: What are my rights? : Positive, negative and natural rights; title: Is death to be feared? : The awful abyss of extinction.